New Intel SSD Info

[Cynicalone]

This the first news I've seen on the new 25nm NAND Flash Production. It opens some interesting possibilites for the future of Intel SSD's.

Volume production will happen sometime in Q2, with products shipping before the end of the year. In my last SSD article I mentioned that Intel’s 3rd generation X25-M would be shipping in Q4 at 160GB, 320GB and 600GB. These drives will use IMFT’s new 25nm flash.

Article link http://www.anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=3731

 

[Eddyisgreat]

600 GeeBees.

That's rediculous. I can only imagine the cost. I dont' have 600 gigs worth of data that requires ssd-fast access (to justify premium)...but I guess these in a raid application would work for creative work.

 

[jetjaguar]

gonna cost a decent amount .. i would like a 300gb ssd for my boot drive

 

[Falk3r]

gonna cost a decent amount ..

Read the article:

At 25nm you basically get twice the capacity at the same die size, which should translate into twice the SSD capacity at the same price as a 34nm drive today.

 

[nanofrog]

Read the article:

At 25nm you basically get twice the capacity at the same die size, which should translate into twice the SSD capacity at the same price as a 34nm drive today.

No, you're making an assumption the price will be the same.

1. Intel will need to pay for the new fabrication process, even with the higher yields per wafer that result from the shrink
2. Takes no consideration for supply and demand for the drives

The new fabrication process (25nm and it's immersion) will drive up the price, and if there's a high demand on the drives, that will drive up prices even further.